Are there any teachers out there?

sweetsong32

I'm a teacher. I start school up in a month and I am getting nervous because during the school year I often lack the energy to go to the gym and keep up with my work outs. I need motivation to maintain work outs.

Princess, I find if you press through the tiredness, the workout will actually give you more energy; many times what we perceive as fatigue comes from the stress from the day. The exercise will actually help alleviate the stress by giving us a physical release of it. Sometimes "resting" is actually the worst thing we can do if we are stressed.

Agreed! I was not a morning person either. But I started walking in the mornings. When school started, I got up earlier so I could fit a walk in. I've only been back with students for 3 days, but those 3 days I have had more energy and I did not get tired until the end of day at home. I do not drink caffeine either.

annfuller1

all I can say is packed lunch xx

artsykris

I'm a teacher. K-12 art. I too feel the pain of the teacher's lounge.

turkkm

Hi! I am a teacher also. I teach 4th grade. When school got out in May this year, I restarted with MFP. I wanted to spend the summer jumps starting my new way of eating. When school started August 8th, I was down 32 pounds. I still have a long way to go.
Anyone, feel free to add me.

Wow! Great summer accomplishment! Keep up the good work this school year!

xoalyssaox

I teach Pre-Kindergarten. Feel free to add me!

englishtch

I teach 8th grade English in Texas, and I started MFP three weeks ago. I also started going to the gym around 5:30 am hoping to get used to it before school starts back.

My classroom is a five minute walk from the lounge, so I seldom go there. My worry is when I get home and I'm tired - all I want to do is sit down with a book and a snack.

turkkm

I teach 8th grade English in Texas, and I started MFP three weeks ago. I also started going to the gym around 5:30 am hoping to get used to it before school starts back.

My classroom is a five minute walk from the lounge, so I seldom go there. My worry is when I get home and I'm tired - all I want to do is sit down with a book and a snack.

The lounge is pretty far for me too and I only get a 30 minute lunch. I ate with a group in another teacher's room last year and that worked well. My struggle is with the evenings. When I am exhausted I make porr choices. Good luck to you on your weight loss journey!

jessicalynn75

SPED Teacher here...go back to work on Monday and kids come the following Monday....

jessp2011

I teach 3rd grade, and I definitely think it is hard to stick to a plan of eating healthy and exercising during the school year. I find myself always making excuses such as lesson planning or grading papers. I'm also finishing my master's this year as well, so life feels very busy all of the time. I hope that this year, I am able to manage the stress better and create a good habit of exercising and eating healthy each day. Does anyone have any good tips of how to make this successful?

MrAllia

Teacher (ESL) for 13 years (Grades 6-12), and have my district administrators license, which allows me to be anywhere from an assistant principal/principal up to Superintendent of schools. Tired of the Department of Education in NY. Anyone know someone who needs a veteran teacher/administrator? I'm no stranger to dedication. I figure I'd just throw that out there, you never know...

turkkm

Teacher (ESL) for 13 years (Grades 6-12), and have my district administrators license, which allows me to be anywhere from an assistant principal/principal up to Superintendent of schools. Tired of the Department of Education in NY. Anyone know someone who needs a veteran teacher/administrator? I'm no stranger to dedication. I figure I'd just throw that out there, you never know...

Unfortunately you wouldn't be much happier with education in Ohio. But, good luck to you on your weight loss journey!